Cooking Up a Quality
Presentation Recipes and Ingredients
for Group Project Success
• Your Description Goes HereQuality Ingredients Matter
A salad is only as good as the quality of its ingredients, and to make a truly great salad you’ve got to use ingredients that are fresh, ripe and in season. --Jamie Oliver
If you think the world of salad is limited to watery lettuce and a few chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, think again. There are an endless amount of wonderful combinations you can make....
Quality Ingredients?
Fresh Ripe In-season
Your team members are “ingredients,” too.
• Different strengths and weaknesses
• Different roles• Varied expertise• Different faces, paces, voices, and
styles!• Skits and other creative techniques
more feasible
And yet—
It’s ONE presentation.
Group Task: What three key things about the religion should your audience understand when you are finished?
Presentation Matters (plating your presentation)
Take my lunch, for example…
With your team, look at the ingredients of your presentation. What order makes sense?What will help the audience “digest” your ideas?
On the yellow paper, make a foodie flow chart to show the order of your presentation.
Look at each of the items on the chart through the lens of those “3 key things.” Can you emphasize one or more of those core ideas in each section?
Remember:
The goal is not really to show HOW MUCH you know, but to briefly and concisely deliver the key ideas, insights, and conclusions.
What does this look like? NOT
Thoughtfully chosen images and key terms
Don’t include everything you’re going to say on the slides (reading=bad)
Check visibility (colors, layout, etc.) Each slide has a clear, limited
point/purpose Don’t abuse bullet points like this
• Your Description Goes HereGreat Starts
Now that you’ve considered central ideas for AND the order for the body of your presentation, let’s talk introductions.
Give your audience a reason to be interested.
How do you invite people to your table?
Inviting StartsDraw them in with one of the “hook” or “lead” strategies you use in your essays.
the personal anecdote/story
thought provoking questions
Quotation, song lyric, or short poem
Unusual, impressive, or interesting fact/statistic
Consultation
Time
Bringing the Pieces Together
PracticeUsing your foodie flow chart, practice:
Summary and Hand-off
“Now that you have a sense of the texts sacred to the religion, Bob will offer some perspective on….”
Spice it up…
What opportunities for audience engagement or interaction does your topic offer?
What can you do to help your audience participate—to move, reflect on, or enjoy what is unique to your given belief system?
Dessert
How might your touch back to the introduction in your conclusion?
“Just as the comedian should leave ‘em laughing, the speaker should leave ‘em thinking.”
-- Peter Jeff
Conclusions should draw conclusions. Conclusions take on the “so what?” Why are these ideas worth considering, worth the audience’s attention?
Practice builds confidence!
No READING.No READING.No READING.
Smile! Your audience is on your side!
Move around so the presenter is center stage andfocus on your team-mates when you are not speaking.
Look at the audience and not the visual aid.
Energy! You’re on stage!
So, it’s up to you, chefs! Take those quality ingredients, clean them up, arrange them thoughtfully, and help your audience enjoy the dish!